Irina Nakhova
Bio
1955
born in Moscow
1972-1978
studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute at the faculty of graphic design
1986
member of the Union of Artists of the USSR
2013
laureate of the Kandinsky Prize in the nomination “Project of the Year”
Lives and works in Moscow and New Jersey, USA
Collections
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum. The Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection, New Brunswick, United States
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Selected solo exhibitions
1989
Partial Triumph I. Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London
1990
Momentum Mortis. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
1991
Partial Triumph II. Galeria Berini, Barcelona, Spain
1995
Food of the Gods. XL Gallery, Moscow
1996
Dad needs to relax. Obscuri Viri Gallery, Moscow
1997
What I saw. XL Gallery, Moscow
1998
Showroom: Installation with Big Red. Galerie Eboran, Salzburg, Austria
1999
Big Red. XL Gallery, Moscow
Archeology rooms. Obscuri Viri Gallery, Moscow
2000
Deposition. Rupertinum, Museum Moderner Kunst, Salzburg, Austria
2001
Annunciation. XL Gallery, Moscow
2002
Stay with me. XL Gallery, Moscow
2003
When Will You Be Home? Wooster College Art Museum, Worcester, USA
Rehearsal. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2004
The degree of increased danger. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
We. XL Gallery, Moscow
2005
Artificial Bushes and Seated on the Shore. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2006
Moscow Installation. Karlsruhe Kunstlerhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany
2008
Zone of indistinguishability. XL Gallery, Moscow
2009
Disconnected. Open Gallery, Moscow
2010
Irina Nakhova and Pavel Pepperstein: Moscow Partisan Conceptualism. Orel Art UK, London
2011
Rooms. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
2012
Repair. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Selected group exhibitions
1984
XV Exhibition of Young Moscow Artists. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
1987
Representation. Hermitage Amateur Society, Exhibition Hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
Retrospection 1957–1987. Hermitage Amateur Society, Exhibition Hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
Creative Atmosphere and Art Process. First Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club. Proletarsky District Exhibition Hall at Vostochnaya Street, Moscow
1988
Ich lebe - Ich sehe. Kunstmuseum, Bern
Neuvostoliiton Nuorta Taidetta. Turun Taidemuseo, Turun, Finland
1989
The Green Show. Exit Art, New York, USA; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
Expensive Art (Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club). Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow
1990
Sommer Atelier. Messegelände Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Female Worker. Exhibition Room on 26 Oktyabrskaya St., Moscow
1991
MANI Museum - 40 Moskauer Künstler. Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1992
a Mosca... a Mosca... Villa Campoleto, Herculaneum; Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
1993
Adresse provisoire pour I’art contemporain russe. Musee de la Poste, Paris
Baltic Sculpture 93. Gotlands Konstmuseum, Visby, Sweden
1994
Natural Histories. Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, USA
Artist instead of An Art Work, or Jump into the Void. Central House of Artist, Moscow
Dialogue with the Other. Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark; Norrkoping Konst Museum, Norrkoping, Sweden
II Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro
Before "Neo" and After "Post". Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, USA
1995
Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957–1995. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein; Documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany; Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
1996
Pulp Fusion. Columbia Art Center, Dallas, USA
Time is Now. Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, USA
Family Values: Rhetoric vs. Reality. T. W. Wood Art Gallery, Montpellier, USA
1997
RUM. Edsvik Konst och Kultur, Stockholm
The Clothes Show. Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, USA
1998
Self-Portrait. Dieu Donne Papermill Inc., New York, USA
1999
Conceptualist Art: Points of Origins. Queens Museum of Arts, New York, USA
2000
Seeing Isn’t Believing - Russian Art Since Glasnost. Lamont Art Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, USA
LandEscape. Dieu Donne Papermill Inc., New York, USA
2001
Milano - Europе 2000. Palazzo Triennale, Milan, Italy
2002
Femme Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2003
Lulea Sommar Biennial. Lulea, Sweden
Tests of Time: Five Reflections. Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, New York, USA
Contemporary Art Celebrating Life. Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, USA
2003-2004
Berlin – Moskau / Moskau – Berlin 1950–2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; State Historical Museum, Moscow
2005
Accomplices. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Apartment Exhibitions: Then and Now. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
2006
Territories of Terror: Mythologies and Memories of the GULAG in Contemporary Russian-American Art. Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, USA
Collage in Russia. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
2007
I Believe! Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
